Name: Bassett livestock auction prices — 2022-10-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-10-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Today's auction consisted of weaned, non-weaned spring calves and yearlings. Comparable steer offerings 900 to 1000 lbs traded steady. Demand was very good with several buyers. Next Auction Dates Oct 12th and 19th Bred Cows and Pairs

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $192.76/cwt on 2,332 head.

Average price

$192.76

2,332 head · 815 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,572

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$296

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$2.43/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.43

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	826	192.93	1,594	2,161
Medium and Large 1-2	681	190.51	1,298	171

One grade step is worth $2.43/cwt here — about $296 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale2,332 hd

192.76

—

NE average9 barns · 11,239 hd

204.19

−11.43

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

41 lots · USDA AMS · Bassett Livestock Auction - Bassett, NE

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	865	176.52/cwt	172.00–181.00	1,527	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	324	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	716	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,065	162.25/cwt	162.25–162.25	1,728	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,021	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	1,664	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	678	173.50/cwt	173.50–173.50	1,176	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	403	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	887	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	190.21/cwt	188.00–194.00	1,075	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	828	177.47/cwt	173.75–179.50	1,469	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,103	171.25/cwt	171.25–171.25	1,889	102
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	219.38/cwt	214.50–228.00	1,136	270
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	606	206.85/cwt	196.00–214.00	1,254	106
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	369	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	867	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	974	181.77/cwt	175.00–186.00	1,770	417
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	485	221.23/cwt	212.00–228.00	1,073	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,012	179.47/cwt	178.50–180.25	1,816	280
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,001	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,652	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	438	235.57/cwt	226.00–239.00	1,032	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	740	186.96/cwt	186.50–188.00	1,384	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	930	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,535	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,059	175.09/cwt	171.60–176.50	1,854	287
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	531	210.66/cwt	208.50–212.00	1,119	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	830	171.75/cwt	171.75–171.75	1,426	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	608	193.50/cwt	193.50–193.50	1,176	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	883	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,554	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	937	184.75/cwt	184.75–184.75	1,731	131
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	792	168.50/cwt	168.50–168.50	1,335	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	585	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,112	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	941	170.75/cwt	170.75–170.75	1,607	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	592	212.07/cwt	194.00–218.00	1,255	308
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	469	213.02/cwt	204.00–214.50	999	133
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	967	166.50/cwt	166.50–166.50	1,610	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	1,046	171.75/cwt	171.75–171.75	1,797	100
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	869	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	1,512	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	531	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	950	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	983	174.19/cwt	172.25–176.00	1,712	125
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	473	198.56/cwt	198.00–200.00	939	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	194.69/cwt	190.50–197.50	1,022	163
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	558	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	977	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	427	203.49/cwt	200.00–205.00	869	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	722	169.85/cwt	166.00–176.00	1,226	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	776	180.55/cwt	173.75–184.35	1,401	130

How this sale compares

Nebraska weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Nebraska auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

Nebraska feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Bassett Livestock Auction - Bassett, NE

Wed Oct 5, 2022

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Kearney, NE (LS-WH)

Receipts 3,770Last week 2,440Year ago 4,155

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	865	172.00–181.00	176.52
63	—	828	173.75–179.50	177.47
102	—	1,103	171.25	171.25
270	—	518	214.50–228.00	219.38
9	—	369	235.00	235.00
417	—	974	175.00–186.00	181.77
30	—	485	212.00–228.00	221.23
280	—	1,012	178.50–180.25	179.47
68	—	438	226.00–239.00	235.57
62	—	740	186.50–188.00	186.96
287	—	1,059	171.60–176.50	175.09
131	—	937	184.75	184.75
308	—	592	194.00–218.00	212.07
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
106	—	606	196.00–214.00	206.85
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,001	165.00	165.00
24	—	930	165.00	165.00
78	—	531	208.50–212.00	210.66
15	—	608	193.50	193.50
28	—	792	168.50	168.50
11	—	585	190.00	190.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	324	221.00	221.00
6	—	1,065	162.25	162.25
8	—	1,021	163.00	163.00
23	—	678	173.50	173.50
25	—	403	220.00	220.00
37	—	565	188.00–194.00	190.21
65	—	883	176.00	176.00
52	—	941	170.75	170.75
133	—	469	204.00–214.50	213.02
46	—	967	166.50	166.50
163	—	525	190.50–197.50	194.69
48	—	722	166.00–176.00	169.85
130	—	776	173.75–184.35	180.55
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	830	171.75	171.75
100	—	1,046	171.75	171.75
48	—	869	174.00	174.00
125	—	983	172.25–176.00	174.19
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	531	179.00	179.00
24	—	473	198.00–200.00	198.56
10	—	558	175.00	175.00
25	—	427	200.00–205.00	203.49

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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